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Fred Trueman

Frederick Sewards Trueman

Born: 6 February 1931, Stainton, Yorkshire
Major Teams: Yorkshire, Derbyshire, England.
Known As: Fred Trueman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast


Test Debut: England v India at Leeds, 1st Test, 1952
Last Test:
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 2nd Test, 1965

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1953

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   67   85  14   981   39*  13.81   0   0   64   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             15178  522  6625  307  21.57  8-31   17   3  49.4  2.61

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1949 - 1969)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  603  713 120  9231  104   15.56   3  26  439   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             99858 42154 2304  18.29  8-28  126  25  43.3  2.53

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (career: 1963 - 1972)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   18   14   2   156   28   13.00   0   0    5   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               986   507   28  18.10  6-15    1   1  35.2  3.08

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Not an exceptionally tall man, his exceptionally broad shoulders in combination with his powerful, cartwheeling action enabled him to bowl at a seering pace in his younger days. "He had mental aggression, sheer courage, and a beautiful rhythmic action which built up from a rolling approach into an unforgettable long final stride with the body sideways-on" wrote Christopher Martin Jenkins. Trueman's best weapon was the ability to move the ball away from the batsman at speed. Adaptable to circumstances he ran through an Australian Test side in 1961 bowling cutters off a shortened run. One of the most aggressive bowlers seen on a cricket field, his belligerent attitude occasionally got him into trouble with umpires and management. One of the great characters of the game, he had little understanding of cricket politics, and was left out of the England side on occasion for non-cricketing reasons. He took 29 wickets in his debut series at 13.31 against the 1952 Indians, and left Test cricket 13 years later with a record 307 wickets at a strike rate of 49.4 (since broken). He was a useful hard-hitting lower order bat (with three first class centuries), and a superb fieldsman, particularly at short leg. After he left Yorkshire, he played for Derbyshire in limited overs matches in 1972 and has since become a regular commentator on cricket and a notable TV personality. (Dave Liverman with thanks to Ashok Sridharan, 1999).

* Last Updated: Tuesday, 30-Jul-2002 02:50:42 GMT


 
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